JAPN 400 Advanced Modern Japanese: Reading and Writing I

Selected texts covering various aspects of Japanese cultural history and contemporary Japanese culture/society; emphasis on grammatical analysis and development of advanced competencies for reading and writing. It is strongly recommended that students plan to complete both JAPN 400 and JAPN 401 within one year. Credit will be granted for only one of JAPN 400 or JAPN 300.

NOTE: If this is the first time you take a Japanese course at UBC, CONSULT THE REGISTRATION GUIDELINES for Japanese on the departmental website at www.asia.ubc.ca to find out which course is appropriate for your level before registration. Those who have prior knowledge in Japanese (except those who have studied at a BC high school or BC college) and those whose parent speaks Japanese must take a placement exam/interview before registering for a course. Schedules for the placement exams are also posted on our departmental website as you can go to http://asia.ubc.ca/undergraduate/placement-tests/ for further information. In order for students to advance from one level of classes in one language to the next level in that same language, they must earn at least an average of 60% in the classes in that language at the level immediately below the level into which they wish to advance. This would apply to all the students in our language classes, not just the language majors.

- If this course is blocked please sign up for the waitlist section. Students will be placed into the class based off our department priority guidelines. For more information please visit: http://www.asia.ubc.ca/undergraduate/department-wait-lists/ (Is the class blocked even though there are a few seats that are free? This is normal. Please check our website for what this means.)

- Registering for this section does not mean you are enrolled in the course, this is a waitlist section. Students will be moved off the waitlist into the course automatically once there is space. For more information including our department priority guidelines please see: http://www.asia.ubc.ca/undergraduate/department-wait-lists/